Radiolab

It always happens like this: I spot a Radiolab show on some scientific or philosophical topic that interests me. I download it. I listen to it while walking to work. At first, the sound effects rub me the wrong waytoo many zips, zangs, zings, dings are used to colorfully illustrate this or that dry scientific matter. But I keep listening to the show, and eventually its hosts, Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, hit on something that never occurred to me, an idea thats truly profound and original. This new idea immediately changes the way I see the world. Because the decade-old show is packed with music and sound effects, its easy to see how it can be successfully translated into a live performance. (Paramount Theater, 911 Pine St, www.stgpresents.org, 8 pm, $36$46)